"........"
"...."
"Wow..that must...really suck.."
"I mean I...I guess-but I-it's not so bad!"
He clearly didn't even believe himself.
"..........You were up in that tower for almost 2 decades.."
"I-I know...."
".....How could you say it wasn't so bad..?'
"I-I dunno-I-I mean I still have to go back-maybe-probably-Ugh, I dunnoooo-"
He buried his face in his hands.
"....You don't have to go back if you don't want to."
"But...."